DENVER, VIENNA, MADEIRA
Saturday/Sunday 27/28September 2008
Today it's about spooky history tours at Denver'sBrown Palace Hotel, the great Vincentvan Gogh exhibition in Vienna and how to become a Masterof Perfumes on the Island of Flowers, Madeira, at Reid'sPalace Hotel.
May the sun shine upon you wherever you are.
Andreas Augustin
USA: Denver: the Brown Palace
Spooky digging in history: HALLOWEEN TOURS
This Halloween, the hotel is offering special tours of the popularhistorical haunt. From Oct. 1-31, 2008, the complimentary*, 45-minutetours will take place Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, beginningat 1 p.m. The hotel's historian will lead wide-eyed guests ona tour through some of The Brown's hair-raising hauntings, tellingtales of mysterious sightings and disturbances from its past.
* Tours are complimentary, but reservations are required and fill upquickly. For tour reservations, call (303) 297-3111. More
Austria; Vienna: VAN GOGH; Albertina Museum; 5 September - 8December 2008
It's the first Vincent van Gogh exhibition held in Vienna in 50 years.And what a great exhibition we see - brought together from 16 leadingmuseums and collections worldwide!
This year’s autumn exhibition at the Albertina looks atVincent van Gogh from an entirely new perspective: as both painter anddraughtsman. The 150 works assembled highlight the impact of theartist’s expressive draughtsmanship on the evolution of hisbrushwork.
Famous Hotels in Vienna: Bristol, GrandHotel, Imperial, Sacher.
All you need: Albertina.at and famoushotels.org/hotels
Madeira, Reid's Palace Hotel, Masterclass: 10 November
In its classic MASTERCLASSES, Madeira's Reid's Hotel has always had thebest teachers in the world (Literature Nobel Prize winner GeorgeBernard Shaw learned to tango there). Now the Palace overlooking theAtlantic ocean on the island of Madeira offers a series of refinedmaster classes. It starts with the art of making perfume, oftencompared to music, with different notes all combining to createharmony. Expert Maître Parfumeur Nicolas de Barry arrives!
All you need: Reid'sMasterclasses
